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Destin, Florida May Fishing Report

5/13/2019

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With memorial day weekend Summer 2019 in Destin, Florida kicks off.  The weather has been great all month with hardly any rain, light wind most days, and great fishing.  If you plan on traveling to Destin, Florida this summer make sure to book your water activities including fishing with us at Destin Inshore Guides as far out as possible as most places book out.    

Fishing in the back bay of the Destin, Florida has started firing off.  We are still waiting for the greenies to show up and this will take fishing to the next level in our bay on the grass flats.   On the grass flats we have been finding speckled trout and redfish with some skipjacks and blue runners mixed in.  Once more bait start showing up on the flats you will see more and more surface fish in the mix including spanish mackerel and bluefish.  The mangroves have showed up but not in any huge numbers yet and they are pretty spread out.  While fishing back in the bayous around docks we are finding redfish, speckled trout, blackdrum, and mangrove snappers.  We are offering late afternoon trips this year so if you miss out on the morning trip remember to ask about a late afternoon trip to get the sunset bite. 

On our near shore  gulf fishing charters the bite has been great both trolling and bottom fishing.  While bottom fishing there is a wide variety of species we are catching including mangrove snappers, white snappers, redsnappers, triggerfish, some groupers, and amberjack.  Remember amberjacks and trigger fish are closed in state water.  As for Redsnappers we are getting closer and closer to the state water season opening June 11th.  While trolling the bite has been good most days.  There is tons of baitfish along our beaches and we have been catching lots of king mackerel, bonitas, and some mahi mahi.  We have had little rain so far this year and have had some real pretty water pushed near shore from offshore.  We have been finding smaller mahi mahi along grass lines and tide lines, hopefully this continues over the next month. 

If you are planing a trip to Destin, Florida this Summer be sure to call Destin Inshore Guides to book your next inshore bay or near shore gulf charter.  This is our busiest part of the year and we do book up fast.  We advise booking as early as possible if you plan on fishing while visiting Destin, Florida.  Give us a call and let us take you out to catch your next memory of a lifetime. Till next time Tight Lines.
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    Captain Josh Calhoon

    Captain Josh

    Great news! The rental ban has been lifted and summer is here.  Fishing has been great over the past couple weeks and we are booking up fast.  Make sure to call asap to get on the books. Check out below what we have been catching.

    Here lately on our inshore bay fishing charters we have been catching a variety of species.  The redfish continue to be a target as these fish are a year around fishery for the Destin, Florida area.  We are catching there around structure as well as on grass flats.  The Spanish mackerel and bluefish bite has been red hot trolling artificial lures, casting jigs, and using live baits when we are able to find good sized ones.  With the fin baits starting to show up on the grass flats, the grass flats fishing is starting to happen with speckled trout, redfish, spanish mackerel, and bluefish mixed. 

    On our inshore gulf fishing charters the bite has been good as well.  While trolling we have been targeting king mackerel, spanish mackerel, and amberjacks.   Amberjacks are still in season untile June 1st.  While bottom fishing we are targeting a mix bag of  snappers including white snapper, mingo snapper, and mangrove snappers along with triggerfish and redsnappers. 

    Red snappers and trigger fish are out of season but still make for great time to perform "CPR" (Catch, Photograph, and Release)

    Summer break 2020 is here and we are happy to be fishing every day again.  Give us a call to get out fishing while visiting  Destin, Fl. this year.

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